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ERIC-PCR Genotyping of Some Campylobacter jejuni Isolates of Chicken and Human Origin in Egypt.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2015
Ahmed Heba A, El Hofy Fatma I, Ammar Ahmed M, Abd El Tawab Ashraf A, Hefny Ahmed A
Abstract excerpt
The public health importance of the genus Campylobacter is attributed to several species causing diarrhea in consumers. Poultry and their meat are considered the most important sources of human campylobacteriosis. In this study, 287 samples from chicken (131 cloacal swabs, 39 chicken skin, 78 chicken meat, and 39 cecal parts) obtained from retail outlets as well as 246 stool swabs from gastroenteritis patients...
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